Peruvian-based Catholic movement pledges inquiry after claims of abuse
Accusations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse by leaders of a Catholic movement founded here in the 1970s led the group to pledge an internal investigation.
Colombians who flee to Ecuador face discrimination, and fear remains
About 1,000 people a month cross the border from Colombia into Ecuador, seeking refuge from armed violence.
Peruvian parish follows the flow of the river
The Amazon region is full of huge parishes with not enough church workers to minister among communities struggling to come to terms with change.
Climate encyclical expected to send strong moral message to the world
Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message -- one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say.
"The encyclical will address the issue of inequality in the distribution of resources and topics such as the wasting of food and the irresponsible exploitation of nature and the consequences for people's life and health," Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo, Peru, told Catholic News Service.
Orders attract indigenous women
New faces of consecrated life in Latin America
Staking their lives
Latin America swings to the left
Easter in the Amazon
Eyes open in the Amazon
Churches must educate voters, say climate activists
Catholic church takes aim at human trafficking
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